Illustration for a t-shirt design.

Wednesday, April 27, 2011. The Kids loved their Easter baskets the Easter Bunny brought! Checking out the loot. This year we went up to Pine Valley and spent it with the Macfarlane clan. We got the kids Easter egg hunt done with right before the hail started. I know, I know. hail in April? Mac and Julie did the annual adult Easter egg hunt again this year! It hurt so, so bad! We did pretty well this year though. We ended up getting quite a bit of money! I love my hubby and kiddos so, so much! We will defi.

How I have neglected thee. I got really busy with work, a move, the gym, yoga, friends, new boyfriend, summer, roommates. I feel guilty and annoyed at the missed opportunity to document so many exciting happenings over recent months. Kristinmadesimple is shifting away from home decor, DIY projects, etc. and will be a place for me to document my journey in a public forum. Know that I willl b.

Kristin Maffei is a New England-based poet and copywriter. Specializing in higher education, finance, and healthcare writing, she is a Social Media and Digital Content Manager at Dartmouth College and splits her time between New York and Vermont. Kristin was educated at Sarah Lawrence College and the University of Oxford, and holds an MFA from New York University, where she was a Goldwater Fellow in poetry and co-curator of the NYU Emerging Writers Series at KGB Bar.

Writer, Listener, Collaborator, Doer. A few years back, I worked hard to develop my personal brand.